{"id":3930,"date":"2014-11-27T13:06:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T19:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2014-12-30T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T21:42:14","slug":"spending-a-night-in-a-wigwam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/vegascalifornia-roadtrip\/spending-a-night-in-a-wigwam\/","title":{"rendered":"Spending a Night in a Wigwam!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite our fairly early night, I got up Monday feeling terrible. My vertigo had gotten really bad, too, so I spent a lot of time feeling like the world was spinning. We packed up our stuff, checked out of the Tropicana, and loaded up the car.<\/p>\n

We then headed back over to Caesar’s Palace to do some shopping and have lunch at the Forum Shops before heading out of town. Matt got some new shoes at the Nike Store, since it’s an obligatory stop every time we’re there.<\/p>\n

Then it was time to get on the road. Matt was driving and I was reclining most of the time, trying not to be dizzy. This was his first time driving the Baker\/Barstow route through the desert, so he got to experience all of it.<\/p>\n

There’s a monstrous solar array out in the desert. I didn’t get a very good picture of it, but it’s massive.<\/p>\n

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The drive into the Inland Empire (or IE, for those in the know) was uneventful. The thing we noticed most is that it’s HUGE. Everything is so far away from everything else. It’s incredible.<\/p>\n

We found our way to San Bernardino, and exited at the road formerly known as Route 66. A few miles down, through a rundown residental area, we found the Wigwam Motel<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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(It was actually dark when we arrived, so I took these photos the next day. How awesome is this place??)<\/p>\n

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Due to the time of year, there didn’t seem to be many other people staying in the wigwams. The front office told us we’d be upgraded to a deluxe model; I didn’t know what the difference was, but we appreciated it.)<\/p>\n

The wigwams were small but clean and well-maintained. I like how the windows are at floor level, too. The bed was so tall I could barely climb into it.<\/p>\n

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We hauled our stuff in, and then headed off in search of dinner. Matt was starting to get hangry, and I still felt crappy so I didn’t really care about food. We’d picked out a place about 15 miles away (because NOTHING in the IE is close), and I gave directions as he drove. We got there to find it was totally packed, with a 45-minute wait. We decided to go elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Also, it was really cold there at night! I was wearing a dress and freezing, so I hated even being outside.<\/p>\n

Our second plan that night was to go to Hangar 24<\/a>‘s brewery, so we decided to try that and see if maybe they had food there or something. They didn’t, but they did have a gigantic beer selection. We got all the samples.<\/p>\n

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By the time we were done we were really hungry, and I felt really crappy, so we decided to just find a grocery store, get some sandwich makings, and go back to the Wigwam. You’d think this would be an easy prospect, right? But no, you have to drive a million miles, and then you find a grocery store that’s like a castoff discount bulk grocery store that only has everything in mega-packs, and you have to drive to another store another million miles away. But finally you’re at Trader Joe’s, and things are looking up again. (I’m pretty sure this Trader Joe’s was still technically in San Bernardino, even though we were 20 miles from the hotel.)<\/p>\n

Having obtained food, we went back to the Wigwam to eat, and I went to bed right away afterwards. We needed an early night for once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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